Fekitoa brace dashes Irish hopes of All Blacks double
Two tries from Malakai Fekitoa dashed Irish hopes of successive wins over world champions New Zealand as the All Blacks prevailed 21-9 in an engrossing physical encounter at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.
Fekitoa's second try killed off the contest making up for his being sin-binned early in the second-half -- man of the match Beauden Barrett scoring the other 11 including a try.
The All Blacks go on to play France while a bruised and battered Ireland -- who lost three key players in the first-half -- host Australia.